The new head of the liberal Renew Europe group, French MEP Valérie Hayer, has distanced herself from French president Emmanuel Macron and France's position in the Council on an EU directive to combat violence against women.
The directive was first proposed on 8 March 2022 and — after four trilogues — it has been stalled at Council level.
About 15 member states (including Italy, Spain, Poland and Sweden) are currently in fa...
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Already a member? Login herePaula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.